Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-01-15

OF THESE TWO AMERICAN GIRLS WHO MARRIED
FRENCHNEN OF TITLE.
From the New York World. JAN 9th.
The remains OF Ben. Halliday, tr., son OF the
once millionaire of the overland stage route
still lay in the receiving vault in the rural ceme-
terry at White Plains yesterday. The elder Hail.
day is in Washington, and it is understood is very
much gr1eved that Mr. Garrett Roach would not
allow the body OF his son to be inferred in the
vault beneath the chapel at Ophir Farm, together
with the other members Of the family. Mr.. Chas.
Ollie, who brought the body on from Washington,
was in communication with Mr.. Halliday yester-
day. The latter is very anxious to have all the
family buried in one place. II satisfactory set
tlernent cannot be made with Mr. Roach, he will
buy lot In White Plains cemetery and remove all
the remains there.
OphIr farm has been allowed to 60 very much to
decay since the Halliday family left 1t. DIR. Roach
has never occupied the magnificent stone residence
since he owned 1t. The farm contains about one
thousand two hundred acres, all OF which was va.
kept in high state OF cultivation when Mr.. Hali-
day lived there. Now only about four hundred
acres are used and the houses and chapel show
many signs OF neglect. MIR. John Roach visited the
farm doing the past autumn and went all over the
house and grounds. He then said that he would
probably never see the place again, and so wanted
TO take good look at 1t. 1t Is said TO have cost
Mr.. Halliday upwards OF a million dollars, and
was meant to be the ''show place" OF America
lie in the little chapel were Mis-. Halliday, another
son and her two daughters, the Baroness de Bussf-
ere and the .Comtesse de Pourtales. These two
girls were Of the most beautiful Americans who
have visited Paris. They were taken there by
their mother when Mr.. Halliday was very rich
man. The elder married the Comte de Pourtales,
a member OF distinguished French family, and q
few years afterwards Pauline, the younger, mar
ried the young Baron de Bussiere, whose father
was, and still Is, rich banker in the French capi-
tai. Mr.. and Mrs. Halliday were said to have OPP
posed both marriages, but the girls persisted.
The lives OF both were very unhappy-so much
so that when their mother died she stipulated in
her Will that II any OF her grandchildren married
foreigner the property left to him or to her should
be forfeited to the estate. Nine. de Pourtales
died in sleeping car some ten or twelve years
ago While on her way to New York from Cali
fornia. Her death was very sudden, and many
She left two or three children who are with their
fathers family in France. NJ. de PourtaleS was
afterwards member OF the French legation to
this country. While here he married en- secOndes
noces the divorced wife OF Mr.. John Beecher, OF
this city. Mrs. Beecher, 1t will be remembered by
many in New York, was South Carolina girl, a
very great beauty. and daughter OF a former
keeper Of the penitentiary at Columbia. She
somehow drifted TO New York shortly after the
that time well-known merchant. After fam
boyant career Mrs. Beecher followed MIR. Lloyd
Phoenix, well-knOwn yachtsman, as he was max
ing calls in Madison avenue one day, and shot at
him just he rang the dOorben of house on
that thOroughfare. The aim was, fortunately, bad,
and Mr. Phoenix was wounded but slightly in the
ear She then left the city, and the next heard OF
her was the marriage TO POurtaleS. The couple
went to France after their marriage and POurtaleS
WAS Sent lntO OOScuTlty On MISSION 10 CHINA anu
Japan. A year or so ago report reached this
city that the second Nine. de Pourtales had, in
cordance with peculiar custom of the country,
been executed by an order OF the mikadO OF Japan
and her body cut to pieces. This story, however,
was subsequently cOntradicted by letter from
Nine. de POurtaleS herself.
The unhappy result OF Mme Pauline'S marriage
to De Bussiere was matter Of current report long
before her death at the New York hotel, which
occurred some eight years ago. She had been that
summer with her husband at TrOuville, and after
more serious quarrel than the ordinary took
passage for home on a French steamer and died
within two days after reaching this port She
was buried from st. AIMS church, and the body
placed beside that OF her mother, sister and
brother in the chapel at Oph1r Farm. MIR. Halli-
day, the elder. married second time and is now
living in Washington. The Baroness de Bussiere
left one child, Paul, now boy Of twelve or four
teen. he is living with his grandfather at the
chateau in France.
Benjamin Halliday, 1r., married in California
some ten years ago. His wife obtained divorce
from him in $780, 1t Is understood that the son OF
one OF New Works most wealthy citizens has
sought her hand in marriage; but she is Cath
Ole, and the laws OF her church forbid marriage
after divorce during the lifetime OF the husband.
Mr.. Halliday's death, therefore, may lead to a
notable social event i'm the near futurp